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Death Certificate Errors

Death Certificate Errors is a systematic deviation or inaccuracy in the documentation of cause, manner, time, or identity of death on an official death certificate, distinguished from other types of medical or administrative errors by its specific occurrence in the formal legal and epidemiological process of death certification.

132

Publications

6.5K

Citations

417

Authors

178

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

24

Variants

Death Certification Errors

Parents

Publications

132

Problems With Proper Completion and Accuracy of the Cause-of-Death Statement

Ann E. Smith Sehdev, Grover M. Hutchins · Archives of Internal Medicine · 2001 · 348 citations

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Accuracy of cause-of-death coding in Taiwan: types of miscoding and effects on mortality statistics

Tsung‐Hsueh Lu, Meng-Chih Lee, Ming-Chih Chou · International Journal of Epidemiology · 2000 · 326 citations · Full text

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A prospective study of 1152 hospital autopsies: I. Inaccuracies in death certification

H. M. Cameron, Euphemia McGoogan · The Journal of Pathology · 1981 · 307 citations

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The validity of death certificates: routine validation of death certification and its effects on mortality statistics

R.A. Lahti, Antti Penttilä · Forensic Science International · 2001 · 251 citations

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Maternal Mortality in the United States: Changes in Coding, Publication, and Data Release, 2018.

Donna L. Hoyert, Arialdi Miniño · PubMed · 2020 · 229 citations

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Authors

417

  1. TL
    Tsung‐Hsueh Lu

    National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

    5 publications · 537 citations

    5

    h-index

  2. RR
    Rasika Rampatige

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    3 publications · 210 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. TA
    Tim Adair

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    3 publications · 138 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. SL
    Steven L. Shapiro

    University of Vermont, United States

    3 publications · 521 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. AD
    Alan D López

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    3 publications · 166 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

178

  1. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    4 h-index

    35 publications

    2.2K citations

  2. University of Vermont

    Burlington, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. National Center for Health Statistics

    Hyattsville, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    175 citations

  4. National Cheng Kung University

    Tainan City, Taiwan

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    109 citations

  5. The George Institute for Global Health

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    112 citations

  6. Chung Shan Medical University

    Taichung, Taiwan

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    428 citations

  7. National Forensic Institute

    Wŏnju, South Korea

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    95 citations

  8. Radiation Effects Research Foundation

    Nagasaki, Japan

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    222 citations

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Venues

  1. PubMed

    Repository · 25 publications · 1.1K citations

    14

    h-index

  2. BMC Health Services Research

    5 publications · 224 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. JAMA

    4 publications · 194 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. American Journal of Epidemiology

    AJE · 4 publications · 165 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. International Journal of Epidemiology

    3 publications · 519 citations

    3

    h-index

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